Hiya, I'm Stabby, as you know, the gazelle. I'll tell you the story of us...
Our story starts in 2005, well Wednesday the 11th of November 2005, to be precise.
I was 16 and Jason was 17 when we met, in the parking lot of Burn, an alternative music venue. The sparks flew, and boy did they fly fast! In just half a year, we went from strangers to soulmates, getting engaged in June 2006 (though it took a little while to break the news to Jason's mom) From the night we got engaged we did not spend a night apart until 10 years later when our first daughter was born. We are best friends and spend every possible moment together. He's the net to my flix, the bean to my cup, the sun to my moon, and the lobster claw I'll hold when I'm old.
Jason is a an all round creative and muso at heart. I have always had a huge interest in photography, my gran loves to recount the story of me stumbling upon a camera in her closet, sparking a lifelong love affair with photography. In high school we discovered our passion for filmmaking. We pursued our passion and went on to study Filmmaking at University.
In 2012, our graduate year we tied the knot ourselves. Eloping to the island of Mauritius, we had an intimate wedding with 10 guests.
We discovered our love for documenting weddings when we were in University. At the time, wedding videos were static and to be honest, very boring. We loved the challenge of creating a cinematic film with the natural setting of a wedding. Applying everything we had learned about filmmaking and storytelling into creating meaningful wedding films you wish you could binge-watch.
In 2013 we officially opened the doors to our very own film company, Heartistic Productions. (We changed to Fox and Gazelle in 2024.) We coined this name in the first year of uni, 2009. Can you even handle it?
2016 was the year we officially became parents and had our own little human. And the best part? Enjoying the perks of our job - zero 8-5 grind, rocking the PJs all day while editing, and just soaking up all the family time we could muster.
Our little Layla jet-set around the world has had 22 flights be age 3 - traveled the circumference of the world almost twice with a whopping 76 960km under your belt before even turning 3. 4 countries, 7 cities, and so much world left to discover.
In 2019 we welcomed our second daughter, Charlie-Quin - Just before the start of Covid-19 and all its craziness. Our little isolated baby, who spent her first few months in lockdown.
In 2020, with all our weddings being canceled - we had to find something to do with ourselves - we found happiness outside. We started a little vegetable garden with the kids and it was the best thing ever!
In 2021 we made the decision to relocate from South Africa to England. As you can imagine, the logistics of making sure we don't let down any of our South African couples whilst trying to secure bookings in the UK was a bit crazy but we did it! After 18 months of planning we finally took the plunge. Our little squad packed up and crossed continents, with our dog in tow of course. November 2022 saw us land in the land of tea and crumpets, unpacking a life squeezed into a 2mx2m cube. We've got smiles for miles - we've found our happy place here!
And here we are in 2024, refreshing our brand and updating our story.
We've spent around 2800 hours documenting all sorts of weddings and we love it more today than ever. Our job has afforded us the most incredible life, worldwide adventures, and weekdays home with our kids.
Hiya, I'm Stabby, as you know, the gazelle. I'll tell you the story of us...
Our story starts in 2005, well Wednesday the 11th of November 2005, to be precise.
I was 16 and Jason was 17 when we met, in the parking lot of Burn, an alternative music venue. The sparks flew, and boy did they fly fast! In just half a year, we went from strangers to soulmates, getting engaged in June 2006 (though it took a little while to break the news to Jason's mom) From the night we got engaged we did not spend a night apart until 10 years later when our first daughter was born. We are best friends and spend every possible moment together. He's the net to my flix, the bean to my cup, the sun to my moon, and the lobster claw I'll hold when I'm old.
Jason is a an all round creative and muso at heart. I have always had a huge interest in photography, my gran loves to recount the story of me stumbling upon a camera in her closet, sparking a lifelong love affair with photography. In high school we discovered our passion for filmmaking. We pursued our passion and went on to study Filmmaking at University.
In 2012, our graduate year we tied the knot ourselves. Eloping to the island of Mauritius, we had an intimate wedding with 10 guests.
We discovered our love for documenting weddings when we were in University. At the time, wedding videos were static and to be honest, very boring. We loved the challenge of creating a cinematic film with the natural setting of a wedding. Applying everything we had learned about filmmaking and storytelling into creating meaningful wedding films you wish you could binge-watch.
In 2013 we officially opened the doors to our very own film company, Heartistic Productions. (We changed to Fox and Gazelle in 2024.) We coined this name in the first year of uni, 2009. Can you even handle it?
2016 was the year we officially became parents and had our own little human. And the best part? Enjoying the perks of our job - zero 8-5 grind, rocking the PJs all day while editing, and just soaking up all the family time we could muster.
Our little Layla jet-set around the world has had 22 flights be age 3 - traveled the circumference of the world almost twice with a whopping 76 960km under your belt before even turning 3. 4 countries, 7 cities, and so much world left to discover.
In 2019 we welcomed our second daughter, Charlie-Quin - Just before the start of Covid-19 and all its craziness. Our little isolated baby, who spent her first few months in lockdown.
In 2020, with all our weddings being canceled - we had to find something to do with ourselves - we found happiness outside. We started a little vegetable garden with the kids and it was the best thing ever!
In 2021 we made the decision to relocate from South Africa to England. As you can imagine, the logistics of making sure we don't let down any of our South African couples whilst trying to secure bookings in the UK was a bit crazy but we did it! After 18 months of planning we finally took the plunge. Our little squad packed up and crossed continents, with our dog in tow of course. November 2022 saw us land in the land of tea and crumpets, unpacking a life squeezed into a 2mx2m cube. We've got smiles for miles - we've found our happy place here!
And here we are in 2024, refreshing our brand and updating our story.
We've spent around 2800 hours documenting all sorts of weddings and we love it more today than ever. Our job has afforded us the most incredible life, worldwide adventures, and weekdays home with our kids.